Bot. [f. prec. + Gr. καρπ-ός fruit. So F. sporocarpe.] A fructification containing sporangia; a spore-fruit or spore-case.
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot., § 1127. In the higher Algæ, the sporocarps are united together in conceptacles.
1857. [see SPORE 3].
1880. Bessey, Bot., 327. Upon the mycelium there arise small rounded or oblong masses, the young sporocarps.